Amid coronavirus crisis many people prefer to avoid personal contact with outsiders and get most of their work done from their homes only. But there are some bank-related works like passbook updation, submission of TDS certificate or to cheque payments, which cannot be done from home.
But for some basic works, the customers need not visit the bank and avail the Doorstep Banking Services (DBS) offered by public sector banks (PSBs).
The customers of State Bank of India (SBI), Punjab National Bank (PNB), Union Bank of India (UBI), Bank of Baroda (BOB), Bank of India (BOI), Canara Bank, Central Bank of India, Indian Bank, Indian Overseas Bank (IOB), UCO Bank, Bank of Maharashtra and Punjab & Sindh Bank can avail the PSB Alliance Doorstep Banking Services.
Such services include the following –
Non-Financial Services:
a) Pick up Services (From Customer and deliver to Branch)
Cheques/Instruments for Clearing / CollectionNew Cheque Book RequisitionStanding Instructions RequestIT/Govt / GST Challan with ChequeDigital Life Certificate (through Jeevan Pramaan App)
b) Delivery Services (Pick up from Branch and deliver to Customer)
Term Deposit AdviceAccount StatementTDS & Form 16 Certificate issuancePre-paid instrument / Gift CardDemand Draft, Pay Orders
Financial Services:
Cash Pick up (Deposit)Cash Delivery (Withdrawal)
If you want to avail the cash pick up and delivery services, a minimum of Rs 1,000 needs to be deposited or withdrawn, while the maximum limit is Rs 10,000 at present.
Follow these steps to place DBS request after registration:
– Log in Doorstep Banking App and select the bank.- Put your account number/PIN and submit.- An OTP will be sent to your registered mobile number after validation.- Enter the OTP and submit the ‘confirm’ button.- On successful OTP validation, the App displays (Bank Name, Account No. (masked), Name, A/c Type and Branch Name.- Select the service request you want to place, number of instruments and address for pick up.- Branches within 10 km radius of the pickup address are displayed on the screen.- Select the branch, preferred time slot for the agent to pick/deliver the instrument.- Verify the Service Request information along with service charges displayed on the screen.- A Service Request No. is generated after verification- You will get a notification via SMS about the assigned agent with the details like, Agent name, Agent photo, contact information, time for Pick up/Delivery & Service Code).- On availing the services, the charges will be debited from your account.- The charges of financial/non financial services for SBI customers are Rs 75 plus GST per service.
